The Burden of Boris The Burden of Boris
Russia's June 16 ballot is not simply the rematch of communism vs. capitalism.
Feb 24, 1999 / Feature / Daniel Singer
The Prophet Vulgarized The Prophet Vulgarized
Trotsky is both the hero of the Russian Revolution--the mastermind of October, the founder of the Red Army--and also its Job, hounded across a "planet without a visa," his family...
Feb 24, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Singer
Mitterrand’s Legacy Mitterrand’s Legacy
François Mitterrand badly wanted to leave a mark, an imprint.
Feb 24, 1999 / Daniel Singer
Hope in a Cold Climate Hope in a Cold Climate
"It's not a revolt, Sire, or a revolution; it's the beginning of the end of the reign of big business, of capital, over the minds of the people," a courtier might have told Jacqu...
Feb 24, 1999 / Daniel Singer
How Hitchens Suckered Himself How Hitchens Suckered Himself
Amid the shifting sands of Christopher Hitchens's accounts of and apologias for his bearing witness (deemed false witness by the man he still insists on calling his friend) again...
Feb 18, 1999 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Clinton’s Choice Clinton’s Choice
With the impeachment slogfest over, Congressional Democrats, particularly the liberals, once again face the ever-aggravating matter of their thorny relationship with President C...
Feb 18, 1999 / David Corn
The Price of Vigilance The Price of Vigilance
Good Christian kids must study Tinky Winky To try to catch him doing something kinky.
Feb 18, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Dynasty of Mingus The Dynasty of Mingus
For the past year and a half, I've been spending most of my time between 1922 and 1979--the years of Charles Mingus's birth and death, since I'm writing his biography, due to be ...
Feb 18, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Gene Santoro
Smoke in Starr’s Chamber Smoke in Starr’s Chamber
This essay is adapted from Thomas Ferguson’s “Blowing Smoke: Who Wants Clinton Impeached And Why,” for American Democracy in the Twenty-First Century, edited by William Crotty.
Feb 18, 1999 / Feature / Thomas Ferguson
So, Is It Back to Bowling Alone? So, Is It Back to Bowling Alone?
The scene with which The Good Citizen opens could have been lifted straight from a Norman Rockwell painting.
Feb 18, 1999 / Books & the Arts / David Kirp